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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

two generals were in consultation an
hour or more-the special subject of
consideration being the Georgia cam
paign. 1t was easy to see that Grant.
although confident that Sherman would
emerge in safety from the heart of the
enemy's country into which he had
plunged so boldly, was still anxious re-
specting the issue of the campaign.
Until it was over he was certain to be
more or less oppressed with an indefin-
able dread that somewhere-somehow-
Sherman would be met by concentra-
ton OF the enemy's forces and great
losses inflicted upon his army. Still
Grant kept insisting that that army
could not be whipped, and if he did not
say it, he seemed to convey the idea that
it was invincible because he himself
had taught it how to fight. He accepted
the entire responsibilities of the cam
paign. He said no other question con-
nected with the war and the movement
of his armies had given him so much
anxiety; but having fully determined
to send Sherman on the long and per-
ilous journey, he gave the order with
out hesitation, in the confident belief
that the result would justify the under
taking and do more than anything else
could to end the conflict. Map after
map was brought out and examined by
the two men. | was struck with Cen
eral Grants perfect familiarity with
the country through which Sherman
was to march. He knew all about every
city and village on the route the army
was to take, and for miles on either
side of the swath it was to cut in the
southern confederacy. The railroad
lines, the gauge of the tracks, the ia
cilities they afforded for moving troops.
the depots of supplies, the productions
OF each county, the number of slaves
along the line of march, even the hos
tile or friendly character of the popula-
ton were all subjects of perfect famil-
iarity to him. The topography of the
country was thoroughly understood,
and pencil marks upon the well-worn
maps indicated the strategic points at
which resistance might be expected.
Grant talked with great volubility of
the campaign, and it was easy to see he
chafed at the thought that he was not
marching with Sherman al the head of
the invading hosts. To me he was no
longer sphinx or even a silent man. 1
saw that he comprehended every point
in the great game he was playing, and
that when he chose he could express
himself with all the clearness, rapidity
and directness of professional talker.
To every objection or suggestion of the
more cautious Vogdes he had a ready
answer that seemed to meet the case
exactly; but the readiest of all was
that Sherman could not be whipped.
When the interview concluded | no
longer entertained doubt that he was
a soldier in the largest sense, that he
would maintain the supremacy of the
government and put down the rebel
lion.-MUor W. E. KiSse1burgh.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Mrs. Kerr's Case.

There was an interesting hearing in
the pension claim of Rebecca Kerr at
the hotel in Hancock last week. Homer
Riggs, special examiner of the pen
sion office, represented the government
and T. j. Deavitt of Montpelier ap-
peared for the claimant. Mrs. Kerr
is the widow of James Kerr of Com
pany G., Sixth Vermont Regiment, who
lost his right arm at or near the Shout
der while in the service of the United
States and was granted a pension for
the loss of his arm. He died in 1874
of epilepsy The widow applied for a
pension, and her claim was rejected on
the ground that I" the soldiers fatal
disease epilepsy was not due to the
disability for which he was pensioned,
nor to his military service, but origin
ated after his discharge. Mrs. Kerr
appealed to the secretary of the interior
and her case was ordered to be investi-
gated. 1t appeared that some one had
reported to the pension office that Mr..
Kerr fell from the hotel steps in Gran
vile and injured his head, which was
the cause of the epilepsy that resulted
in death. Mrs. Kerr testified that she
never knew of his falling and never
heard of it until recently; that the party
who reported it called on her, soon after
her husbands death, and made some
propositions to her that induced her tc
put him out of doors with the aid of q
broom, which made him angry and
caused him to afterwards report the
story that her husband fell. DR.
Huntington of Rochester testified that
he attended the soldier during the las
year of his life and that he did MOI
know that he had received any injury
to his head. He gave it as his opinion
that the epilepsy was caused by the
loss of the right arm. He said the
stump had not healed, was painful, ant
that the pain extended up into hi'
shoulder. He thought it affected thu
brain, causing epilepsy. DR.. Hunting
ton said the injury to the head mus
have been very severe to cause epilepsy
which would have followed immedi
ately. He said if the soldier had fallen
as stated, he might have been in fl
at the time. Neighbors testified tina
they heard that he fell, and some sale
he was in fit and others said he was
drunk when he fell. Several nea
neighbors never heard of his falling
The case has not yet been decided.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Crepe.

Crepe is made of the finest silk, but
the details of its manufacture are a
trade secret. The three processes of
its construction are kept distinct; the
weaver never sees the dyeing nor the
dyer or weaver the crimping. Each is
carried on in different place. Some
facts are known. Thus, the dyeing is
the last of the three processes and it is
dressed with gum. 1t is therefore of
the utmost Importance that if crepe gets
wet it should not be put near the fire.
If wet it should be wiped at once, or
gummy marks will be apparent wher-
ever the rain has fallen. But on no ac-
count should it be placed near the fire.
The best method of removing mud
or stains is to dampen the crepe with
pure, cold water, and dry away from the
fire. The manufacturer could renew
the condition of shabby crepe, but in
an amateur way less costly crepe may
successfully undergo home treatment.
Crepe is manufacture in which the
English as nation stand unrivaled
although there are manufactures OF
crepe in France, Italy and Germany
The imperial crepe, as a material fol
dresses, is used where the ordinary
crepe is not required. 1t is made OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
The Kitchen.

Mrs. L. G. Axtell of Roseville, ILL.,,
writing to Glednings IN Bee Culture,
shows worthy appropriations of sunshine
and open air in the kitchen: Our
kitchen, think, is the most CHEEKY
room in the house. A bay window is
in the south, and on the north door,
where the screen-door fits in summer,
is a tight-ftting wooden door, thus
making a double door. There are two
window-sash for the window, making
the window double. This makes our
kitchen very warm, light and sun
shiny-almost like summer in zero
weather when the sun shines, and my
four canaries seem to think it is sum-
mer, as they fill the house with their
sweet music, seeming to sing because
they can't help it. One would be sur
prised at the warmth the sun gives, as
it reaches half way across the kitchen.
In the upper half of our south door is a
glass window, so that almost the whole
south side of our kitchen is glass. In
summertime the windows are all raised
except the one in the door; and by the
use of our gasoline stove the kitchen is
about as cool as it is out-of-doors."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
DO What Needs to BE Done.

When will women in all circles find
out that it is honorable to do anything
that ought to be done? A young
woman of brilliant education and pros
porous circumstances was called to
help in the kitchen in the absence of
the servants. The door-bell rang and
she went to open the door. She found
a gentleman friend there who said, as
he came in: " I thought that / heard
music. Was it on the piano or the
harp?" She answered, "No; l was
playing on the gridiron, with frying
pan accompaniment. The servants are
gone and l am doing the work" Well
done! Housekeepers, by the food they
provide, by the couches they spread,
by the books they introduce, by the in
fuences they bring around their homes
are deciding the physical, intellectual,
moral and eternal destiny of the race. X.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
WEDNESDAY, 1887

plain chocolate fine; add to this two
table-spoonfuls of sugar and put into a
small saucepan with one tablespoonful
of hot water; stir over hot fire min
ute or two until it is perfectly smooth
and glossy; then stir it all into quart
of boiling milk, or half milk and half
water. Mix thoroughly and serve i'm
mediately. If the chocolate is desired
richer, take twice as much chocolate,
sugar and water. Made in this way
chocolate is perfectly smooth and free
from oily particles. Maria Pdrlod.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Two cups of
sugar, four tablespoonful of butter
rubbed in with the sugar, four eggs,
whites and yolks beaten separately,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Tested Recipes.

CHOCOLATE MIXTURE.-Five tea
spoonfuls of grated chocolate, with just
enough cream or milk to wet it, one
cup of sugar and one egg well beaten;
stir the ingredients over the fire until
thoroughly mixed; then flavor with
vanilla.-Mrs. Mary F. Henderson.
CHOCOLATE BLANC MANGE.-One
quart of milk, one-half package of gela-
tine dissolved in one cup of cold water,
one cup of sugar, three great spoonfuls
of grated chocolate, vanilla to taste.
Heat the milk; stir in the sugar and
soaked gelatine, strain, add the choco-
late, boil ten minutes, stirring all the
time. When nearly cold beat for five
minutes, or until it begins to stiffen.
Flavor, whip up at once and put into a
wet mold. 1t will be firm in six or
eight hours .-Mari0n HarIand.
CHOCOLATE CREAMs.-Inside Two
cups OF sugar, one cup OF water, one
and one-half tablespoonful of corn
starch, one tea-spoonful of vanilla. Mix
the ingredients, except the vanilla; let
them boil from five to eight minutes
stir all the time. Take it from the fire
and stir until it comes to a cream.
When it is nearly smooth add the
vanilla and make the cream into balls,
Outside Melt half pound of choco-
late, but do not add water to it. Roll
the cream balls in the chocolate while
it is warm.-ETchdnge.
PLAIN CHOCOLATE. - Scrape one
ounce Zone of the small squares) OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Questions Answered.

A. D., Observation-Disclosures for
bounty are not made to the pension
office, but to the treasury department.
N. L., DANvILLE.-You had better
lay the facts of your case before an at
torney who is posted in the laws relat-
ing to pensions. From the few facts
contained in your letter we cannot say
whether you could obtain pension or
not. 1t takes about year to procure a
pension.
w. c., EAST ToPsHAM.-You re-
ceived all the arrears of pension to
which you are entitled under the law.
1t was your own fault that you did not
receive arrears from the date of your
discharge. You did not apply for pen
sion until March, 1885, and it COM
menced from that time. If your appli-
cation for pension had been filed in the
pension Office prior to July LIST, 1880,
you would have been entitled to arrears
from the date of your discharge from
the service. If congress passes another
arrears act you would be entitled to its
benefits and receive pension from the
date of your discharge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Blinds and Screens.

Mr.. O. G. Gibbs urges in his Farmers
RerieU the small investment necessary
to secure blinds and screens for houses
in summertime: "The former, when
closed early in the morning, shut out
the hot air and shut in the cool, so that
the main part of the house can be kept
cool, dark and comfortable. Then
when the sun is well down throw open
the blinds, sash and doors and admit
the now cooler air. The screens in
windows and door, if care be observed,
will permit of the house being kept
comparatively free from flies, millers,
May-beetles and other insects which
swarm in on the lighting of lamps at
evening. The blinds and screens can
be had so cheaply now that the outfit
for farmhouse is not a heavy tax upon
the owner. In case of the latter the
wire-cloth can be purchasedat the hard
ware store, and handy boy, with a
few tools such as should be found on
every farm, can make frames for the
doors and windows"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
A WOman'S Life.

A woman's life should be written in
her home-her past with its warmth of
sunlight, its shadows of memory; her
present with its strength of service, it's
grace of sympathy; her future with
its calmness of coming twilight, its rest
fulness of hope beyond the night. No
woman's life has full, visible expression
without home. Homeless women are
denied their natural language and
speak with conscious effort, with sense
of loss, language less vital and human,
like deaf mutes by sign and gesture.
But emotion is more than utterance
life more than its utmost expression.
We may miss the rightful insignia of
our home, but we cannot be disin-
herited. Those whose spirits are at
home in the truth, the faith, the love,
which are immortal, have built for
themselves not tabernacles on the
mount of TRANSPORTATION, but eter-
nal homes.-EHzaJeh StuddJ0rd Nc
CheSney.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Summer Visiting.

Country residents are proverbially
hospitable, and for that reason we
should be doubly careful not to impose
upon them, for, as a general rule, they
are so overrun with company that the
end of the summer finds them worn
out. Every member of household is
an added care to the head of it, es-
pecially if, as is often the case, there
are few servants, or none at all, and
even if the mistress is fortunate enough
to possess a corps of well-trained do
mestics too much company is apt to
disarrange the household affairs in the
lower regions. If you are fortunate
enough to have friend to whom you
know visit will afford real pleasure
by little forethought you can yet
make it still more enjoyable. In the
first place fix definite time for your
departure before you arrive. If she is
not wise enough to do so be sure when
you write to announce your coming to
say on what day you will leave, no mat
ter how Hospitality you may be urged
to prolong your stay. 1t is better to
have your departure sincerely regretted
than to have the faintest feeling of re-
lleI mat you are gone. There are
many ways in which summer visitor
may be real help. If circumstances
warrant it you can offer your aid in
household matters. and spend an hour
hulling strawberries, or whipping the
cream which you are afterwards to en-
joy, and if you see that assistance of
that kind will not be acceptable there
will be still something that you can do ;
you can arrange the flowers that per-
haps the busy householder never finds
time for, and yet enjoys so much; you
can coax the children out of the kitchen,
when you know she is specially busy,
and entertain them in your own room,
and there are countless other little
things that kindly heart and quick
eye will discover in which you can
make your presence constant com.
fort.-Flora VI. Wright, IN Good House
Keeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
A Great Mistake.


Sitting the -four and baking-powder
together, as most recipes prescribe, is a
great mistake. Baking-powder should
never be added until everything else is
in the dish and the mass thoroughly
beaten. The reason will be appre-
ciated by every thoughtful person. The
moment the milk or other liquid comes
in contact with the powder efferves-
cence begins, and by lifetime the dough
is ready for the oven it has entirely
ceased and the mass is likely to be as
" dull, stale and profitless as glass
of secondhand soda-water. If all the
other ingredients are well beaten, the
powder added at the last moment and
the cake put into the oven as hurriedly
as possible the process of effervescence
will be assisted by the heat and the
dough will rise in light, spongy mass.
This is the secret of the eXtra-fne cake
and biscuit that many non-professional
housekeepers boast Of.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Visiting General Grant.

On the 18th of December, 1864, ac-
companied General Vogdes upon a
visit to General Grant at his head
quarters on the the James river at
City Point. The two had not met in
years, and the greeting between them
was extremely cordial and pleasant. /
had never before seen the hero of Vicks-
burg-the soldier who was then WELD
ing the full power of the military. arm
of the government for the suppression
of the rebellion-and | felt little Gu
rious not only to see the man, but to OBJ
serve his actions and to hear him con-
verse. | went there with no very eX-
allied ideas of his greatness, although
prepared to admit that the campaign
which ended on the 4th of July, 1868,
with the fall of Pemberton and his
army was one of the most remarkable
in the annals of military history, but
was still uncertain whether he possessed
the grasp of intellect which enabled
him to carry on a grand strategical war
over an almost boundless extent of
country, to direct vast armies at widely
different points against willy and ac-
tive enemy, and to combine his opera
tons with precision and unity and
scope of purpose that would eventually
end in the success of our arms. He
was dressed in the simplest garb of a
soldier, and appeared to be utterly in
different to show or pretension of any
kind. His personal headquarters con-
sisted of Lighthouse, or cabin, compris-
ing two rooms, one of which served as
parlor, reception-room and business
office, the other as sleeping apart
ment but around his habitation there
was quite settlement of officers and
orderlies' quarters, most of them more
pretentious than those of the COM
mander-in-chief. The furniture was
simple and mostly homemade. "
After the kindly greetings were over
the plans of the campaigns then under
way became the subject of conversation.
1t was most important period in the
history of the war. Grant himself was
pounding away at the defences of Rich
mond and Petersburg; Sherman was
making his long march to the sea
through Georgia, and Thomas was
about to deal the last staggering blow
to the confederate army in Tennessee,
From the first Grant seemed to take his
old prcceptor into his confidence, and
learned from the conversation that en-
sued where Sherman was expected tC
make his appearance, after his march
through the enemy's country, at the sea
side. 1t is interesting to note here thai
upon leaving the quarters of the gen.
eral | addressed brief letter to the
editor of the Troy Times conveying the
information | had learned, which, be-
ing published in that paper, was the
first intimation the country had of the
destination of Sherman's army. The
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Bathing of Infants.

The bath for the very young infant
should be about ninety-seven degrees
Fahrenheit The temperature may
from week to week be gradually low
cred to eighty-fve or eighty degrees.
Two baths a day may be given. The
evening bath should be warmer than
the morning. A brisk, gentle rubbing
after the bath brings the blood to the
surface and acts beneiicially. If a
child gets blue and shivers the bath is
too cold. A little common salt added
to the water will do much toward pro-
tecting the child from cold. If sea
salt or real ocean brine " can be OBJ
tanned, so much the better. Delicate
children can thus be accustomed to en-
dure quite cold bath, which will prove
a great protection against cold."-
Medical Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

one cup of sweet milk, three heaping
cups of flour, one tea-spoonful of cream
of tartar sifted into the flour, one-haf
tea-spoonful of soda melted in hot water.
Bake in jelly-cake tins. FILLING: Whites
of two eggs beaten to froth, one cup
of powdered sugar, one-quarter of a
pound of grated chocolate wet in one
tablespoonful of cream, one teaspoon
full of vanilla. Beat the sugar into the
whites well frothed, then the chocolate.
Whisk all together hard for three min
utes before adding the vanilla. Let the
cake get quite cold before you spread
it. Reserve little of the mixture for
the top and beat more sugar into this to
form hard icing Marion Hdrldnd.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Solottrs' Budget.
Pensions Granted.

To Robert G. West, Gaysville, S4 a
month and 5000 arrears; Wilder Ma
COON, Johnson, 81 a month and 5000
arrears; Olney F. Seaver, Williams
town, 50 a month from October II,
1886; Thomas Carrigan, West Ran
dolph, an increase from $40 to S12 a
month
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Gbe Nollsebol0.
Bartinieus.

wsa M lod raS,a ,' q, tSs morning snn
The changing tints that glorify the skies
w'.h rosea'e sp'emaors tn 'm e. p s%
OF summer twilight deepening into night
I cannot see to keep the narrow way
And so blind, ly wander . here , and there,
Throurh pothess. tangled deserts. bleak and bare
Weeping seek the way cannot find
'pe'' my eyes "'"' AO'"' 'O' ! '"' O'''''
ana OFT ,ausn w.n some nsns .no"sn.es' Ies.
And write my mirth, hooking palimpsest-
On blotted scrolls of human pain and feari
PITY. oh Son Of David lam blind.
do no, ses the main nv LIGHT words give.
The quiverng, shrinking heart cannot seei
go sn, o, ,housn, ,na,, maue i g,,eis
open my eyes, light, blessed ways to find
Jesus have mercy on me- am olnd'
My useless eyes are reservoirs of tears
To weep for r tboughtIes WAYS Of wandering years.
Because could not see-I did not know,
i"e'e ,s S,sn''e'' eSe'-'''"" ""e''''' s'""'' ''
Light of the World, have pity lam blind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

wool and is quite durable. 1t is often
used for trimmings, but this is by no
means its original purpose.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
ADVERTISEMENTS.

For woman to say she does not use
Proctor & Candles Lenox Soap, is to
admit she is "behind the times.
Nobody uses ordinary soap now they
can get "Lenox.'